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Tamil Nadu inks Rs 1,815 crore BharatNet deal

14 hours ago

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After two false starts, when the multi-crore BharatNet project had to be scrapped after corruption allegations, Tamil Nadu finally inked a pact marking the take-off of the project touted as info-highway of the future...

26 new Covid-19 cases in Madurai, 44 in Trichy

14 hours ago

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The number of new Covid-19 cases recorded in Madurai climbed to 26 in the southern districts to 103 on Wednesday. Madurai was the only district to record over 20 new cases, followed by Tuticorin and Kanyakumari with 13 cases each, Sivaganga (11) and Tirunelveli (10). Theni (3), Tenkasi (3), Virudhunagar (7), Dindigul (8) and Ramanathapuram (9) added less than 10 cases.The number of active cases in the region dropped to 1,318 while only one death was reported...

Trichy records decade’s highest rainfall in October

14 hours ago

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Even as the northeast monsoon is yet to begin, Trichy district has already registered surplus rainfall as on October 19. The recorded average rainfall of 260 mm in the month of October is the highest for the past 10 years...

Chennai airport has just 1 firm handling ground ops

16 hours ago

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International travellers may be inconvenienced when airlines resume full-fledged operations next month as the city airport is making do with just one ground handling agency. Ground handling staff board passengers, load and unload bags, clean planes and get them ready for departure — all within an hour...

TN: Southwest monsoon claimed 73 lives since June

16 hours ago

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Southwest monsoon has taken the lives of 73 people and 180 cattle, said a government statement on Wednesday. It said 39 people had died in October alone. With the southwest monsoon still remaining active, the state received 52% excess rainfall this month...

DMK MP attends all standing panels' meets

7 hours ago

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Salem SP reopens Jaya’s aide death case

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God save TN cops: Madras HC in harassment case

20 hours ago

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“God save the (police) department,” said an exasperated Madras high court on Wednesday, wondering whether an SP-rank officer would murder someone if his superior instructed him to do so...

TN adds 1,170 new Covid cases, 20 deaths to its tally

20 hours ago

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Tamil Nadu registered 1,170 positive cases for Covid-19 on Wednesday, a decline from 1,179 cases it reported on Tuesday. The 20 deaths took the cumulative toll tally to 35,948 and total cases touched 26.90 lakh...

Man kills husband of woman he wanted to marry

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'No decision yet on eighth phase excavation at Keeladi'

yesterday

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No decision has been taken on the eighth phase of excavation at Keeladi, said minister for archaeology Thangam Thennarasu who inspected the findings of the seventh phase of excavation at Keeladi...

Chennai: Migratory birds start arriving at marshlands

yesterday

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Bird watchers from Chennai are getting their binoculars ready to spend this weekend in birding spots such as Pallikaranai marshland, Perumbakkam wetland, Kovalam creek and Pulicat lake...

Domestic dispute: Two end lives in Chennai's Ambattur

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An elderly couple committed suicide by immolating themselves over a long-standing dispute with their relative at Ambattur on Monday night. They ended their lives in the bathroom of their relative with whom they had a fight...

Corpn races to finish work, ensure a flood-free Chennai

yesterday

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Greater Chennai Corporation is working to ensure zero incidents of water stagnation in the city this monsoon. The civic body appointed IAS officers zonal level monitoring officials ahead of the monsoon, expected to set in around October 27, and has held three meetings to tackle the issue that invariably brings many areas to a standstill every year...

'No decision on 8th phase excavation at Keeladi'

yesterday

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No decision has been taken on the eighth phase of excavation at Keeladi, said minister for archaeology Thangam Thennarasu who inspected the findings of the seventh phase of excavation at Keeladi...

Zomato faces backlash after employee calls Hindi national language

yesterday

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Chennai: Worker finds gold in waste, gives it to cops

2 days ago

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A conservancy worker was on Monday morning segregating garbage on a Thiruvottiyur street, chucking polythene covers into a bin, when she heard the tinkle of a coin. Assuming it would be a metal coin, she opened it to find a glittering gold coin. The conservancy worker, without a second thought, handed it over to the jurisdictional police who appreciated for her honesty. The 100g coin was later handed over to its owner, Ganesh Raman...

Active Covid cases drop to 233 in Madurai, 506 in Trichy

2 days ago

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Madurai district reported 19 new Covid-19 cases and 25 recoveries on Monday pushing down the number of active cases to 233. Meanwhile Trichy reported 47 fresh cases as the numbers have been hovering below 50 for the last ten days. The number of active cases also dropped to 506 from Sunday’s 514 with the district reporting 52 recoveries. The district recorded three deaths taking the toll to 1,047...

HC refuses to take up plea alleging delay in enrolment of lawyers

2 days ago

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The Madras high court has refused to entertain a plea moved by a lawyer alleging inordinate delay on part of the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to enrol new members who have applied for a considerable time...

TN: Camp on Oct 23 to encourage tipplers to take the jab

2 days ago

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The state has moved the sixth edition of the mega vaccination camp to Saturday instead of Sunday this week to encourage nonvegetarians and those who drink alcohol to take the jab...

Upper age limit for teacher aspirants relaxed

3 days ago

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Rain in Kanyakumari: Elephant calf drowns

3 days ago

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After 75 years, dalits get a crematorium in Madurai

3 days ago

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A 75-year-old struggle of the adi dravidars of Thummakundu village in Chellampatti union in Madurai district has come to an end with the construction of a crematorium with a compound wall and paver block path...

In rape case, HC asks man to pay relief for kid he fathered

3 days ago

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Partly allowing an appeal preferred by a man against his conviction and sentence by the trial court in a case where he had refused to marry a woman after impregnating her, Madras high court directed him to pay Rs 5 lakh compensation to the child born out of the relationship, observing that it was the real victim in the case...

On AIADMK anniv, Sasikala takes fight to EPS & OPS

3 days ago

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The AIADMK entered the 50th year of its existence on Sunday with a midlife crisis on full display...

Chennai: Engr colleges record 13% more admissions this yr

3 days ago

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After five years of downward trend, engineering colleges witnessed a good admission season this year. After four rounds of online counseling, 89,187 seats (59%) have been filled, which is 13% more compared to the previous year...

'Chennai may get more rain over next two days'

4 days ago

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Going by the weatherman’s forecast, the arrival of the Northeast monsoon may be more than a week away, but that may not stop the showers over the city as two weather systems on either side of the Indian peninsula may trigger favourable wind convergence and rain in the coming days...

Seven-month-old tiger cub rescued at TN's Valparai

4 days ago

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A seven-month-old male tiger cub that got separated from its mother was rescued from a tea estate in Valparai by Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) authorities. The cub is healthy now...

Rain hits flight services in Coimbatore

5 days ago

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2 Chennai students among top 20 in JEE Advanced exam

5 days ago

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Two students from Chennai were ranked among the top 20 in JEE (Advanced) whose results were declared on Friday, while more than 30 students from Tamil Nadu secured ranks within the top 1,000...

Fresh Covid cases plunge below 50 in Coimbatore

5 days ago

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The number of fresh Covid-19 cases in the city is gradually coming down, said city health officer Dr Sathish Kumar here on Friday...

Smart kiosks for vendors lie vandalised on Marina beach

5 days ago

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The ‘smart kiosks’ procured at a huge cost and distributed to vendors on the Marina beach have been vandalised and are lying strewn all over the beach sands...

Tamil Nadu logs 1,245 new Covid cases, 16 deaths

5 days ago

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The number of new Covid-19 cases has continued to drop in Tamil Nadu. On Friday, the state added 1,245 new cases and 16 deaths to the Covid-19 registry. At the end of the day, 1,442 patients got discharged and there were 15,238 people under treatment for the viral infection...

Fireworks' sale: Stalin writes to CMs of 4 states to lift ban

5 days ago

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Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin has written to his counterparts in four states, urging them to consider lifting the blanket ban on fireworks during this Diwali. He said the ban would set a bad precedent to other states with less than three weeks left for the festival and affect the livelihood of eight lakh employees in Virudhunagar district...

Kalam memorial visitors get sweets, saplings

6 days ago

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25 cops set out on motorcycle rally to Gujarat

6 days ago

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45 dogs dead: IIT-Madras registrar booked

6 days ago

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Water released from two dams in Theni dist

6 days ago

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TN: BJP welcomes govt's move to reopen religious places

6 days ago

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As the Tamil Nadu government allowed reopening of all the religious places in the state on all Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, BJP state chief K Annamalai welcomed the decision of reopening of temples and other religious places...

Nadaswaram notes reverberate during Navaratri festival

7 days ago

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For almost two years now, with temple festivals being muted due to the pandemic, the strident notes of the nadaswaram have hardly been heard. Except of course if you live next door to someone like nadaswaram artist T K Maheswari in Thirumanoor near Thiruvaiyaru. Despite the cancelled weddings and festivals, the 46-year-old wakes up every morning at 4 to hone her skills. “The nadaswaram is loud and I know that I wake the neighbours, but that is the only time I get to practise. I haven’t performed in almost two years so I have to keep it up.”..

Drop in SC/ST scholarship beneficiaries in Tamil Nadu

7 days ago

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Tamil Nadu Adi Dravida and Tribal Welfare Department has reduced the budgetary allocation for the Post Matriculation Scholarship (PMS) scheme this year by Rs 48 crore...

17 antique idols recovered from Mylapore godown

7 days ago

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At least 17 antique idols made of panchaloha and wood, and Thanjavur paintings were recovered from a godown at Mylapore on Wednesday. Based on a specific tip, the idol wing CID police team recovered the antiques which were concealed in bundles meant to be couriered to the United States of America...

TN declares holiday for schools on October 16

7 days ago

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The Tamil Nadu school education department has declared a holiday for schools on October 16 (Saturday) as requested by teachers’ associations...

IndiGo set for Madurai-Tirupati direct flights

7 days ago

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TN declares holiday for schools on Oct 16

7 days ago

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Live: TN reports 1,280 new Covid cases in 24 hours

7 days ago

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BJP worker in Coimbatore gets just 1 vote

8 days ago

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The number of votes secured by a BJP functionary who contested as an independent candidate in the local body byelection in the district became the talk of the town, as votes were counted on Tuesday...

Veteran actor Srikanth dies in Chennai at 82

8 days ago

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Jayalalithaa’s first hero and veteran actor, Srikanth, aged 81, passed away here on Tuesday. His demise was first announced by Nadigar Sangam (Actors Association) late in the evening...

No quarterly, half-yearly Class X, XII exams

9 days ago

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TN releases draft of policy for slum dwellers

9 days ago

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First medical camp under Kalaignarin conducted

9 days ago

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Chennai: CMDA mulls turning CMBT into playground

9 days ago

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At a time when several playgrounds and parks in the city have been taken over for metro rail work and other projects, shrinking open spaces in the core pockets, the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) is mulling among other options a plan to turn the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus at Koyambedu into a playground...

3 Indian cos may build 29 underground metro stns in Chennai

9 days ago

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Three Indian companies — Larsen & Toubro, Tata Projects and Dineshchandra R Agrawal Infracon — are likely to build 29 underground stations that will link northern and southern suburbs with the city’s core localities through a driverless metro train network...

HC stays Pondy polls again; now over BC, ST quota

9 days ago

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Once again, the Madras high court has stayed elections to Puducherry local bodies over anomalies in communal reservation...

'Anna university to give 69% quota for MTech courses'

9 days ago

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Anna University will follow 69% reservation norms for admissions to its MTech courses in biotechnology and computational biology this year, higher education minister K Ponmudi said on Monday. There will not be 10% reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) in any of the state universities...

TN rural local body polls live: Counting of votes begins

9 days ago

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Schoolgirl, uncle die in Chennai road accident

10 days ago

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Rlys announces diversion, partial cancellation

10 days ago

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Chain-snatcher shot by police near Chennai

10 days ago

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22.5 lakh get Covid jab across Tamil Nadu

10 days ago

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The statewide mass vaccination camps held for the fifth Sunday saw around 22.5 lakh people getting vaccinated at 32,000 locations...

Railways wants to shift students to Kendriya Vidyalayas

10 days ago

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The Railway Board has once again mooted a proposal to shut down schools run by zonal railways which don’t have a significant number of students on their rolls. Those schools with substantial number of students may be merged with Kendriya Vidyalayas, the board said...

TN civic polls: 73.3% voting recorded in 2nd phase

11 days ago

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The second phase of polling to the rural local body polls in nine districts ended on Saturday with 73.3% turnout. Polling was peaceful barring stray incidents and boycott of polls in some villages...

TN: Cuddalore MP booked for murder of worker

11 days ago

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DMK MP from Cuddalore, T R V Ramesh, was booked and five others arrested on Saturday on charges of murdering a worker at the MP’s cashew nut unit in Panruti last month. CB-CID sources said the MP, who is the prime accused in the case, was not at home when a police team went there in the morning...

5 Tamil Nadu panels to stop pollution in Cauvery

11 days ago

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The state government has set up five committees to inspect whether effluents are let out by industrial units into River Cauvery and its tributaries as part of sustained efforts to prevent river water pollution...

CB-CID books Cuddalore MP TRV Ramesh for murder

12 days ago

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UPSC exam: Chennai Metro announces special timetable

12 days ago

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TN govt will increase forest cover to 33%: Minister

12 days ago

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The state government is taking steps to increase the state’s geographical area under green cover from 23% to 33%, forest minister K Ramachandran said here on Friday...

Madurai-UP pilgrim train to run in November

12 days ago

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The Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) will operate an exclusive tourism train ‘Shri Ramayana Yatra’ from Madurai to Shringverpur in Uttar Pradesh to promote domestic tourism...

IRS officer found guilty of graft gets 4-yr jail

12 days ago

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An IRS officer belonging to the 1992 batch was convicted for corruption and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for four years by a special court for CBI cases in Chennai...

No structures on lake: Madras HC to Sipcot, others

12 days ago

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he Madras high court has restrained the Irungattukottai Sipcot industrial estate or any other authority from putting up construction on land falling under the Katarambakkam lake in Sriperambudur...

Puducherry records 655 active Covid cases

12 days ago

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Puducherry recorded 64 fresh Covid cases and 48 recoveries in the last 24 hours ending at 10am on Thursday taking the active cases to 655. The Union territory did not report any new deaths due to the viral infection and the toll remained at 1,844. The UT has so far reported Puducherry recorded 64 fresh Covid cases and 48 recoveries in the last 24 hours ending at10am on Thursday taking the active cases to 655...

Illegal sand mining: NGT panel inspects Cooum mouth

13 days ago

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A National Green Tribunal (NGT) panel consisting of senior government officials inspected the Cooum river mouth near Napier Bridge on Thursday in connection with the illegal sand mining case...

TN: Tangedco has enough coal only for 4 more days

13 days ago

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A global crisis that has triggered a shortage of coal in India has not spared Tamil Nadu. The state power utility Tangedco’s five thermal power stations at North Chennai, Tuticorin and Mettur have an average of just four days of coal stock left with them. Tangedco is in touch with the Union ministry of power and Coal India Limited (CIL) to ensure supply of the fuel...

Coimbatore cops go to court for IAF officer's custody

13 days ago

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A week after the September 30 order of a mahila court that handed over the rape case and custody of the accused, flight lieutenant Amitesh Harmukh, 29, to the Indian Air Force, the Coimbatore city police on Thursday filed a revision petition to regain his custody...

Declare results when counting ends: AIADMK

13 days ago

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Madurai cop shifted over controversial video

13 days ago

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Live: TN’s seropositivity rate rises to 70 per cent

13 days ago

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Laptops, tablets yield Rs 2.19-cr gold in TN

10 hours ago

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Chennai: Police crack down on vehicles with fake stickers

18 hours ago

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Police have intensified checks against vehicles with stickers of advocates, journalists and human rights organisations and seized two cars that had stickers of human rights organisations...

AIADMK complains to TN guv on local body polls

20 hours ago

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The AIADMK on Wednesday urged Tamil Nadu governor R N Ravi to take action against all the “erring persons in the state machinery” for the alleged “transgression, collusion, impertinence and fraud” that were played on the people during the recent elections to the rural local body polls in nine districts...

Chennai: Man sells Covid -ve certificate, held

20 hours ago

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The city police on Wednesday arrested a Triplicane resident who sold fake Covid negative certificates at Rs 500 each to those flying abroad and began efforts to nab his Dubai-based friend who helped prepare the certificates. While S Irfan Khan, 29, was picked up from a lodge in Triplicane and a hunt has been launched for Praveen who is in Dubai...

Matrimony.com launches vernacular app in Tamil

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Anna Univ proposes uniform 60%:40% weightage for exams

yesterday

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Anna University has proposed to set a uniform 60%:40% weightage for external (semester exam), internal exam (department level tests) for all engineering colleges including affiliated colleges, autonomous colleges and university departments...

Madurai reports 18 new Covid cases, Trichy 45

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Madurai district reported 18 fresh Covid-19 cases, 26 recoveries and no new deaths. The active cases dropped to 223. Meanwhile, Trichy recorded 45 fresh cases and 495 active cases. The district discharged 54 patients on Tuesday, while recording two deaths taking the toll to 1,049...

TN fisherman killed after SL navy vessel hits trawler

yesterday

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A fisherman from Kottaipattinam in Pudukottai district drowned in sea after a Sri Lankan navy vessel hit the fishing boat in which he along with two others were engaged in fishing on Monday night. The Sri Lankan navy also fished out the fisherman’s body after several hours of search took the body to the island nation along with the other two fishermen, who were apprehended...

Chennai: 9 lakh more homes to get desal water

yesterday

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Nine lakh city residents are set to get drinking water supply by April 2023 as work on the new desalination plant is fast progressing...

Man tortured by cops to get Rs 3 lakh: SHRC

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Live: 13 TN dists log marginal increase in new Covid cases

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Central prisons in Tamil Nadu to be made open air jails

2 days ago

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Law minister S Regupathy on Monday unveiled the government’s policy decision to convert all the central prisons in the state into open air jails and modernize them with all facilities...

TN: Teacher aspirants’ upper age limit relaxed by 5 yrs

2 days ago

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The school education department has relaxed the upper age limit for teachers’ recruitment by five years in view of the Covid-19 pandemic...

Fresh cases down, 13 more die of Covid in Tamil Nadu

2 days ago

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Thirteen districts added between one and three Covid-19 cases to their tally on Monday compared to Sunday as fresh infections declined to 1,192 from 1,218 in Tamil Nadu. The 13 deaths reported took the cumulative toll to 35,912, and total cases rose to 26.8 lakh. After discharging 1,423 people from the state registry, there were 14,570 people still under treatment on Monday...